Investing.com – Nigeria equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lagos, the NSE 30 gained 2.40% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the NSE 30 were Fbn Holdings (LAGOS:FBNH), which rose 10.00% or 0.530 points to trade at 5.830 at the close. Access Bank (LAGOS:ACCESS) added 5.53% or 0.44 points to end at 8.40 and Diamond Bank (LAGOS:DIAMONB) was up 5.15% or 0.050 points to 1.020 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Uacn Prop (LAGOS:UACN), which lost 1.60% or 0.24 points to trade at 14.70 in late trade. Guaranty Bnk (LAGOS:GUARANT) declined 1.59% or 0.54 points to end at 33.47 and Wapco (LAGOS:WAPCO) shed 0.25% or 0.12 points to 47.83.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 39 to 11 and 53 ended unchanged on the Lagos.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.37% or 0.66 to $48.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.97% or 0.49 to hit $51.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.60 to trade at $1264.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NGN was up 0.14% to 353.400, while USD/NGN fell 3.15% to 314.750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.